Convicted Murderer Faces Forced Feeding as Hunger Strikes
Benjamin Turner of Mystic, Illinois, imprisoned for murder in Maine, has refused nourishment for over ninety hours. Jail officials say forced feeding may begin soon due to his weakened condition. Turner has had 109 nourishment since Monday and shows incoherence at times. He seeks a conference with Judge Connolly about appeal plans.
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Fortland
Benjamin H. ‘Urner
Mystic
Ill
Cumerland
Moru- Wa
William C. Smith
Turner
Munday Hoon
James D. Halen
Falmouth
John Connelan
B. ¥. Connolly
Trains Halted by Devastating Siberian Blizzard
In Western Siberia a fierce blizzard buried fifty five passenger and freight trains under deep snow. A station near Omsk and several cars were buried. communications failed for days as drifts reached up to sixteen feet. Novosibirsk recorded sixty five degrees below zero Celsius and eighty five below Fahrenheit.
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Siberia
Novosibiersk
Omsk
Taxed bobbed heads spark village hair clash
Landau council declares war on modern female haircuts while women strike cooking to protest. Altdorf Switzerland imposes a 54 centimes tax on bobbed heads as part of a broader taxed society.
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Landau
Altdorf
Switzerland
Tiffin High Student Loses Eye After Wire Accident
Burton A Sheely Jr 15 suffered the loss of his left eye when a loose wire pulled from a cot snapped back into his face. The sophomore student at Tiffin High School was injured February 15.
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Tiffin
Burton A. Sheely, Jr
Burton A Sheely, Jr
Tiffin High School
Salt Spill Docks Ship John Hamlen at Port
The vessel John Hamlen entered port after spilling 100 tons of salt through a keel hole near the end of its West Indies cruise. Coast guard cutters towed the ship to harbor as attempts to seal the leak failed.
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New York
Newcastle
John Hamlen
West Indies
Coast Guard
Man Killed in Texas Blast Rocks Boom Town
In Borger Texas an explosion at a nitro glycerine depot killed Melvin Morris 37 and injured several others. The blast damaged oil derricks and nearby buildings with shattered plate glass and destroyed walls. Wreckage projected rocks hundreds of feet, with debris scattered across the hilltop area.
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Borger
Texas
Thrill
Melvin Morris
Electric Locomotive May Electrify British Railways
London February 15 Experiments with a new electric locomotive suggest Great Britain could electrify its railways. The design by Captain William P. Durtnall uses 200 volt rails, replaces 609 volt starting needs, and promises lower running costs. Proponents claim contact with live rails is as safe as house wiring and that 290 volts sustains speed, wasting less than current 600 volt systems.
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London
Great Britain
Willam P. Durtnall
Plans for county wide music and reading contest in Lorain plans
The county schools in Lorain County plan a reading and music contest for grades one to eight with preliminary township contests to select district representatives. February is the target month for the district finals. Districts include No 1 Brownhelm Amherst South Amherst Henrietta No 2 Hipton Brighton Rochester Russia Pittsfield No 3 Huntington Wellington Fenfield La Grange West Carlisle No 4 Neldon Columbia Grafton Eaton Columbia special No 6 Avon Lake Avon Village Ridgeville Haat Carlisle No 616 Elyria township Brookside Vincent Highland Amherst township
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Lorain County
Superintendent of Schools
Brownhelm
Amherst
South Amherst
Henrietta
Hipton
Brighton
Rochester
Russia
Pittsfield
Huntington
Weellington
Fenfield
la Grange
West Carlisle
Nelden
Columbia
Grafton
Eaton
Avon Lake
Avon Village
Ridgeville
Haat Carlisle
Elyria Township
Brookside
Vincent, Highland
Amherst Township
Field Museum Receives Rare Chinese Jade Collection
A large consignment of Chinese archaic jades, many carved pieces from unknown types and material no longer obtainable, has been acquired by the Field Museum. Most carvings are grave goods from the Shang and Chou dynasties dating to 1782–247 B.C. separated fragments and details remain unclear.
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Field Museum
Chicago
Captain Durtnall's Battery Powered Rail Invention
Captain Durtnall develops a storage battery system to add voltage for starting the train with live rail supply at 200 volts. The battery recharges automatically from the tow voltage via a transformer as the train gains speed, and tests near Newcastle show satisfactory results. Engineers see potential benefit in a large new electricity bill approving a national network of superpower stations across England.
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Captain Durtnall
Captain Durnall
Newcastle
England
Seed Potatoes to be Delivered to Lorain Farmers in April
Lorain County farmers will receive 2 850 bushels of certified Russet seed potatoes grown in northern Michigan delivered in April by the Lorain County Farm Bureau. County agricultural extension agent C W W Rowland said last year’s favorable weather reduced late blight risk, but growers using their own home grown seed could face fall losses.
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Lorain County
Michigan
Former Judge Marriott Dies in Delaware
Francis M. Marriott, 0, former judge of the court of appeals fifth appeal district, died there after several weeks illness. Marriott also served as prosecuting attorney of Delaware county and as a state senator.
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Delaware
Francis M. Marriott
Court of Appeals
Fifth Appeal District
Marriott
Delaware County
Wiltian Haley Loses Fingers Moving House
Wiltian Haley a 30 year old former Tilin high school athlete suffered the loss of two fingers when his right hand was crushed under the skids of a house he was moving in Tiffin The injury required twenty four stitches to close the wound An unrelated Berlin real estate broker issued admission tickets for his own trial to keep it secret from friends and clients but the plan failed Tangling details suggest a local misadventure in a real estate dispute
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Wiltian Haley
Tilin Hgh
Orone
Berlin
Jim
Friends Land
Wilkins Leads Arctic Quest to Barrow From Seattle
Australian explorer Captain George H. Wilkins heads a multi person party sailing from Seattle to Seward and Fairbanks to begin an overland Arctic expedition. The Wilkins Detroit News venture plans 656 miles to Barrow with three planes, following a limited 1926 flight north of Barrow and a week long seaward voyage.
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Barrow Forthers
Tipaska
Fairbaske
Wil
Barrow
Arctic
Koowe
Wilkine-Detroit News
Baw’ Row
Stop That Cold Quick It Is Salt That Relieves Colds
An advertisement touts Thoxine Cold Tableta as a salt based remedy to relieve colds without quinine acetanilide or strong drugs. It promises rapid relief after one dose with no griping laxative effects and no weakening after effects. Sold by Crandall's Drug Store under a money back guarantee.
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Crandall
Mrs Birdie Strome Dies in Prison
Marysville Feb 15 Mrs Birdie Strome of Springfield serving a term for the poisoning of her 13 year old step daughter at the women’s reformatory here died of heart trouble after serving a year of her term.
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Marysville
Birdie Strome
Springfield
Women’s Reformatory
Teria
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